Saam 123

1 Kasang laa. Vannawk ah kaom, nang khaeah ka mik padai tahang.

A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

2 Tamnanawk mah angmacae angraeng ih ban to khet o moe, tamna nongpatanawk mah angmacae angraeng nongpata ih ban to khet o baktih toengah, a palungnathaih aicae khaeah amtuengsak ai karoek to, aicae loe aimacae Angraeng Sithaw to a khet o.

Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

3 Kaicae nuiah palungnathaih tawn ah, Aw Angraeng, kaicae nuiah palungnathaih tawn ah; kaicae loe minawk mah hnaphnae ih kami ah ka oh o boeh.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4 Kaicae ih pakhra loe, amoek kaminawk mah pahnuithuihaih hoi poeksang kaminawk hnaphnaehaih hoiah koi hmoek boeh.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.